Zero Dark Thirty: Shahid Buttar - Spying, Detention, Torture

Shahid
Buttar is the executive director the Bill
of Rights Defense Committee and the People’s Campaign for the Constitution
which works to defend civil liberties, constitutional
rights, and rule of law principles threatened within the
United States by law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
He is a constitutional lawyer, grassroots organizer,
independent columnist, musician, and poet. He discusses
President Obama's signing of two new pieces of legislation
permitting warrantless spying and indefinite detention. He
also discusses rendition, torture, and the new film "Zero
Dark Thirty."

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